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When Stephen and Matilda Were Contending for the Throne...
It was written in 1992 and set in 1145, but the situation discussed in these excerpts from Ellis Peters' The Holy Thief —part of...
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What Not to Wear in Public at this Time
One of the advantages of following the recommendations to stay at home is that I have been making progress at processing old...
All Is Gift - A Legacy from C. S. Lewis
As I neared the end of my C. S. Lewis retrospective —reading (mostly re-reading) all the books we own by or about the prolific...
Pandemic Dream
I think maybe this confinement is getting to me. It's not that I particularly miss going out, though I do really miss the good times we...
Happy Birthday, Switzerland!
No doubt the Swiss National Day activities are somewhat muted this year, but when you are a venerable 729 years old, it's certainly...
The Alto Wore Tweed
The Alto Wore Tweed ( Liturgical Mysteries #1) by Mark Schweizer (St. James Music Press, 2002) This book is just for fun....
My C. S. Lewis Retrospective
In October 2018 I began another adventure in reading—as close to consecutively as was reasonable—all the works we own by or...
The Quotable Lewis
The Quotable Lewis edited by Wayne Martindale and Jerry Root (Tyndale House, 1989) As I discovered when doing my George...
The Riddle of Joy
G. K. Chesterton and C. S. Lewis: The Riddle of Joy edited by Michael H. Macdonald and Andrew A. Tadie (Eerdmans, 1989)...
Surprised by Laughter
Surprised by Laughter: The Comic World of C. S. Lewis by Terry Lindvall (Thomas Nelson, 1996) C. S. Lewis was right: it is...
Letters to an American Lady
Letters to an American Lady by C. S. Lewis, edited by Clyde S. Kilby (Eerdmans, 1967) Whoever this American lady...
Christian Reflections
Christian Reflections by C. S. Lewis, edited by Walter Hooper (Eerdmans, 1967) This is another excellent collection of C....
Undina Birch Beer
After reading the Occasional CEO's post on Moxie (My favorite line? "Moxie is the durian of carbonated drinks."), I was inspired...
So, We Come to the 4th of July - A Guest Post by Wyatt
We are now well into summer and the 4th of July was yesterday. The country turns 244 years old. We are half-way through a troubling...
God in the Dock
God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics by C. S. Lewis, edited by Walter Hooper (Eerdmans, 1970) I found this to be...
On the Transmission of Values through State Education
C. S. Lewis wrote the Preface to a book by B. G. Sandhurst entitled How Heathen is Britain? This essay has been republished as the...
Home At Last, After Five and a Half Years
In January of 2015 I began a walking tour. Not a literal tour, though the walking was real enough. I've been keeping track of the steps...
The Truth Is Better than What You Learned in English Class
I've never liked William Golding's book, The Lord of the Flies . Why high school English teachers think it helpful to assault students'...
Local Grief, Inside and Out
I know what it means to have a special, local grief that "outsiders" simply cannot understand. Most of my out-of-state friends had no...
How Can America Come Together Again? - A Guest Post by Wyatt
In recent days, it has seemed that the United States of America is scarcely united. As a matter of fact, we’ve had the...
The Lost Family
The Lost Family: How DNA Testing is Upending Who We Are by Libby Copeland (Abrams Press, 2020) I been working seriously on...
Happy Flag Day!
During my lockdown-inspired nesting phase, I tacked the master bedroom closet first, and was thrilled to find two flags from my...
More of the Same, with Two New Ventures
Mostly we are continuing to work quite contentedly on our projects at home, supplemented by regular Skype sessions with grandchildren, a...
Jeni's Ice Cream
This year my children and my husband got together for an entirely different kind of Mother's Day treat: a selection of Jeni's Ice Cream...
A Long View of Current Times - A Guest Post by Wyatt
[ Editor's Note: This is homeschooling. The school year has ended and thus Wyatt has more time to devote to writing, setting...